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| Description | 8-bay, iSCSI, USB 2.0 |
8-Bay File Sharing, Storage for Business |
8-Bay SAN, Storage for Business |
12-Bay SAN Storage for Business |
| Type | Direct-Attached |
File Sharing (up to 100 users) |
iSCSI SAN (up to 8 servers) |
iSCSI SAN (up to 24 servers) |
| Drive Bays | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
| Drive Type | 3.5" SATA | 3.5" SATA | 3.5" SATA | 3.5" SATA, SAS, SSD |
| Interfaces |
USB 2.0, 2 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (single server) |
2 x Gb Ethernet |
2 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (multi server) |
3 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (multi server) |
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Form Factor |
Desktop or Rackmount (3U) | Desktop or Rackmount (3U) | Desktop or Rackmount (3U) | Rackmount (3U) |
| BeyondRAIDTM |
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| Drive Protection | Single or Dual | Single or Dual | Single or Dual | Single or Dual |
| Smart Volumes | Up to 16 | Automatic | Up to 255 | Up to 255 |
| Drobo Apps |
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N/A | N/A |
| Power / Cooling | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Swappable, Redundant |
| Management | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard |
| Drobo CareTM | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |
